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"If you respect Ukraine's integrity so much, give Crimea back to us," Ukraine's Maria Drutska said after Sergei Lavrov's comments at the UN General Assembly.

"It is not a war between the United States and Russia," U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said earlier this year.

The Institute for the Study of War said China is seemingly "not interested in a 'no-limits partnership' with Russia as the Kremlin desires."

The former aide drew plenty of attention in 2018 when he published an anonymous essay criticizing the former president.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said "We are taking adequate steps" to an enlarged NATO.

After the Wagner Group's mutiny attempt, the Central African Republic said it will continue using Wagner troops or other forces provided by Russia.

"When it comes to Paul's freedom, we need to see concessions made and accepted," David Whelan said.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has made repeated comments about the United States since the war against Ukraine began in February 2022.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov outlined conditions for any potential peace talks with Ukraine.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Maria Zakharova, said the "entire premise that we ever had allies in the West is wrong."

A top Russian official said he was given a message from U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will make stops across Africa next month as the Kremlin tries to show the West that it still has friends abroad.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov discussed the prospect of negotiations with Ukraine during a Wednesday press conference.

Eleven months into Russia's full-scale invasion, key actors appear to be looking for ways to end the fighting.

"I think it's clear that Putin is not going to let his own intentions go. He doesn't care how many Russian soldiers will die," John Spencer said.

Both Kyiv and Moscow say they are open to new peace talks but a lack of trust and wildly different understandings of the military situation mean new discussions are unlikely.

Kissinger's recent essay warns against continued aggression against Russia due to the potential of another world war.

Even with hints from both sides of possible peace negotiations in the future, the prospect of the war ending soon seems unlikely.

Russia has been a U.N. member dating back to the collapse of the Soviet Union.

The Russian foreign minister said the West is losing the ability to "steer the world economy the way it wants."

Damaged critical infrastructure could lead to a humanitarian crisis in Ukraine as a frigid winter looms.

Russia's foreign minister dismissed speculation about his health while in Bali, Indonesia, for the gathering of world leaders.

Russian protesters are being threatened with punishments that include being drafted to fight against Ukraine.

Newsweek spoke with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, who defended his nation's war in Ukraine and Moscow's efforts to counter a U.S.-led world order.

The G20 meetings in Bali are expected to be dominated by tensions sparked by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

"The U.S. dominance is no longer an absolute one," Venezuelan Foreign Minister Carlos Faria said.

A Kremlin spokesperson claimed that the conflict will end when Kyiv orders Ukrainian nationalists to surrender their weaponry.

One panelist on Russian state TV touted the country's oil revenues while the American economy struggles with high inflation and gas prices.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov also compared actions by NATO and the EU to Nazi leader Adolf Hitler's strategy in World War II.

"So aside from the grains products, what did Russia steal from the Ukraine?" a Ukrainian journalist asked Russia's foreign minister in an unscripted moment.